A blue print copy book made by the Osamu Tezuka F.C. known as 'Tokyo', albeit not the main Tokyo chapter. As it was published on April 29th of 1979, this particular work is relatively interesting in that it was printed via the blueprint method vs traditional offset printing, showing the cost cutting involved to create mass amounts. This particular book was acquired from M during my recent Hyogo trip and was in storage since around 1980 to 1981 - many books acquired from this particular box were very water damaged or nearly destroyed, so many hours of editing have gone into restoring them.

This particular issue namely highlights fanclub activities, letters and correspondence from members requesting information, friendship and more. Much of the art used is traced or hand drawn and rendered with blueprint ink. There is a short interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko of all people where he gives information on his favorite music.

The particular circle seems to have had major lapses prior to this issue with low membership or interest, whereas this issue is a 'revival' issue intended for infrequent membership and readership.

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★Additionals:

This is a very poorly printed issue and has its issues. Editing was done to preserve what could be salvaged, though this is the complete volume. The circle itself has been identified, but their activities seem to have always been troubled.

This issue is focused on Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix 2772. This issue was covered in mold, dirt, heavily stained and aged from sitting in a basement for almost 40+ years. Some areas are hand written and most didn't come up on my scanner, which is meant exclusively for documents and is museum archival quality. What's legible is also a bit poorly written.

Major highlights:

A preview screening on Sunday, February 23th of 1980 was held for this particular film.
Fans allegedly arrived two hours before the screening, and when the main editor arrived, 20-30 people were already queued in line. After speaking with friends and fans, Tezuka came to give remarks before the film and answer general questions. What was screened was an unfinished version before the actual release, it seems, and there were technical difficulties. Fans noted the following issues with the test screening:

-camera shake, synchronization problems, editing issues, disappearing characters, and other unfinished effects.

Fans were apparently disappointed but attempted to deliberately not dwell on these issues because it was an unfinished print of the film. There was a big portion written about the film's opening sequence, comparing some visual effects to 2001: A Space Odyssey, comments on the Phoenix's appearance, animation effects, color design, and character designs, giving both praise and criticism throughout. The last paragraph begins discussing the mechanical designs ("メカ"), their color palettes, and comparing some designs to those seen in works like Crusher Joe (the novelization version, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's designs as the Crusher Joe film wouldn't come out until 1983).

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★Questions? Comments? Inquiries?

You can reach me @retroanimechris on X/Twitter/Bluesky and adoggoart@gmail.com or chrisdelabigne@gmail.com.

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★Scanning services are available! Simply send your inquiry to any of the contacts above and I will get back to you in 24 hours at best. Discord is @Adoggoart

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★If you would like to help me acquire similar texts or others, please consider donating! Everything given goes towards sourcing similar books.

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For DDLs / Torrents:

https://archive.org/details/osamu-tezuka-fc-tokyo-metropolis-vol-2-1980

An early issue:

https://e-hentai.org/g/4014845/d3ba0b733c/

This is a very poorly printed issue and has its issues. Editing was done to preserve what could be salvaged, though this is the complete volume. The circle itself has been identified, but their activities seem to have always been troubled.

This issue is focused on Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix 2772. This issue was covered in mold, dirt, heavily stained and aged from sitting in a basement for almost 40+ years. Some areas are hand written and most didn't come up on my scanner, which is meant exclusively for documents and is museum archival quality. What's legible is also a bit poorly written.

I acquired this from M during my recent trip to Hyogo, It was in a cardboard box and had sustained water damage, which lead to molding and the mulching of the paper. The piece is now stored in an archival OPP bag in my climate controlled warehouse.

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omg that is real somthing

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@birdoffire this seems apt for you - the phoenix! thank you.

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The fact that something like this has survived at all is nothing short of a literal miracle.
Thank you for finding this,restoring it,scanning it & uploading it,so that it will now be preserved for posterity.

I remember this same style of printing from my school days back in the 70s where school notices & the like were printed using this same sort of method.This was likely printed with a Gestetner [a stencil mimeograph] or possibly a Banda machine [spirit duplicator].These were fairly cheap ways of printing small numbers of something back when b&w photocopiers were still hideously expensive machines.

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